Sunday, August 17, 2014

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Nachi falls, a hanging scroll from the Kamakura period (13th /14th Century), Japan is a colour painting on silk displayed currently at the Nezu Art Museum Tokyo.It is one of the 159 items designated as 'National Treasure' by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) based on its "especially high historical or artistic value". 

A hanging scroll "kakemono" is one of the many traditional ways of displaying or exhibiting a painting or calligraphy.

The traditional craft involved in creating a hanging scroll is considered an art in itself. The actual painting is mounted on a larger mount of fabric or paper, sewn at the top and bottom ends round small wooden poles or rods. At the top it allows hanging by a cord, at the bottom, it provides a little weight to hold the scroll flat and steady.


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